County Londonderry

County Londonderry is one of the six counties of Northern Ireland, located in the northwest of the region along the border with Ireland. Londonderry covers 801 square miles with a population of 247,132, with 55.56% of the population being Irish Catholic; the other 44.44% of the population are Protestant Ulster Scots. The divided region was the scene of violence during "The Troubles" from 1969 to 1998, with the Real IRA clashing with the Ulster Volunteer Force and the British Army massacring Irish civilians in the Bloody Sunday of 1972.